WI Maginot line was built from the Swiss border to the English Channel.

Would the French stop te Germans.

  • Nein, Hitler still reaches Paris like otl.

    Votes: 16 25.0%
  • Germans win but with take huge loses.

    Votes: 24 37.5%
  • French repulse the blitz and WW1 repeats it's self.

    Votes: 19 29.7%
  • Oui, the Germans will be stopped and pushed back to Berlin.

    Votes: 5 7.8%

  • Total voters
    64
  • Poll closed .

Saphroneth

Banned
Even if the French had built the Maginot Line from La Manche to Switzerland, the like will still get breached anyway, thanks to German airborne troops neutralizing some of the fortifications with paratroop and glider landings (the Maginot Line wasn't designed with airborne troop invasions in mind).
It can still handle them, though - as noted above, they could shell one another. And unlike Eben-Emael, the Maginot forts were very big indeed.
 
Super Heavy artillery also does the job. I mean its not like the Germans are going to sit still while this is happening if the French put everything into building super fortresses then the Germans will work that into their plans. I mean super heavy guns or specialised shells are a lot cheaper than fortifications.

'Gustav' wasn't ready till after the French campaign, accepted into service in early 1941, and the smaller 'Thor' Mortar in November 1940

The OTL Maginot Line got the Germans to waste around 7m RM on each 80cm gun

That would have paid for a lot of 50mm guns.

Here, might waste even more money on White Elephants
 
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